Necktie press



March 13, 1928.

H. D. BRANDT NECKTIE PRESS Filed NOV. 2. 1926 Patented Mar. 13, 1928.-

uNl'rr-D STATES 1,662,562 PATENT oFFlcE.

HARRISON D. BRANDT, F SHARON HILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTI'E PRESS.

Application filed November` tively releasing it therefrom automatically and simultaneously with the release ofthe pressing members; "and to otherwise simplify and improve the construction zof such-rdevices, all as hereinafter set forth, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, inwhich I have shown merely the preferrediembodiment simply by way of illustration of the practice of the invention, .as by law required, and with no intention of lbeing understood as limited to t-he Vparticular embodiment illustrated, but on the contrary-well recognizing that said invention may be embodied in a number of other and different forms:

Figure 1 represents *a Afront view of a device embodying `my invention, open;

Figure 2, an end view thereof, closed; with a tie YH shown therein;

Figure .3, a top plan view thereof, closed;

Figure 4, an enlarged, detail, fragmentaryk view `of the opening end of the device, :released and slightly swung` open, with atie shown `therein hung `on leaf D;

Figure .5, `a detail central longitudinal sectional view ,on the same scale as Firm-.re 4 and `through the same portions shown therein of the leaves A and D;

F igurev 6, a cross-sectional `view* lon the line 6-6 of Figure 5, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 7, a fragmentary top plan view with the leaves A and D spread, upper lug l partially broken awa-y and upper bar I omitted to show details of hinge connection; and

Figure 8, a detail, fragmentary, longitudinal sectional view through the hinge end of leaf D showing the pivot rod 3 in bead 9 thereof, l

Referring now in .detail to the. drawings, A designates a supporting llelaf L0r member having lugs B formed with key-holeslots C extending in a vertical direction from the 2, 1926. Serial No. 145,827.

top and `bottom edges lof `each end portion of, and preferably in the same plane as the rear face of, said `leaf to constitute two pairsof suspending lugs so that the device may be suspended to open either from the right or leftand will lie flat 'against the sup-` porting medium.

Two hinge lugs hinge members extend horizontally from the front face of `leaf or member A to receive between them the legs Qafof a hingebail having al vbar 2 connecting said legs, a `long rivet pivot pin 3 passing through said lugs 1 respectively and having. its intervening yportionlying in the bead 9 of the corre-` sponding ygu-ideway or chamber-4 `to thus constitute a pivotally hinged connection between the supporting member or leaf A and the pressing members D and E. The crossbar 2 of ysaid bail passes in cooperating guide-v way or chamber l transversely across the hinged end of `said fleaf D tohold between it and the opposed face of said leaf D, and

under compression, two helical springs 5,-

said cross-bar 2 `and rear portion :of `said leaf D being provided with suitable'opposed registering spring positioning pointsi which may be punched'up from the metal of the respective parts.

The legs 2a of said 'bail 2 are directed for-V wardly and straddle said leaf D and also leaf E andare connected to each other and pivotally to the intervening leaf E in -`their l frontend portions by means yof along rivet' pin, such as 7, passing throughV thejforward end portions of said legs Qajand the inter leaves being pressing leaves and having` resilientmeans interposed in `the hinge connection between them for forcing their opposed faees together to'exert a. defi-nite pressing action.

The otherend yof the supporting leaf A is provided with faspring catch or locking tongue 8 and the chamber'or guideLway 4 on the corresponding or swinging end of leaf D will have an `additional bead 9 formed l constituting a pair of far described it Ylos With a slot l0 in its rear and side face in registry with the tongue 8 of the leaf A to normally receive the said tongue 8 when said leaf D is pressed toward leaf A with suiiicient force to spring the tongue S toward the hinge end of leafI A to ride over the adjacent. curved or inclined face of the bead t) until it reaches the slot l0, when it will spring into the latter and lock the leaves A and D in parallel closed relation until freed.

In order to clamp the pressing leaves D and E together to press a tie or a number of ties a clamping element having a rib-braced cross-bar ll and legs l2 is pivotally connect ed to the leart D by means of a pivot or rivet pin T passing through the chamber le on the swinging end of said leali D and has a ilat strap 13 provided with centering points (i interposed between it and the helical springs 5 in said chamber, said strap 113 having): notched ends to straddle said pin to position said strap. Y

The said legs 12 of said clamping element are formed with prying cams ll as shown in Figure 3, so that as said clamping element is turned to the position shown in Figure fl to release pressing leaf E so that it may be moved with relation to its cooperating pressing leaf D, said cams li will bear against said leaf A with increasing pressure to pry it away from leaf D so as to release the leaf D from locking tongue or catch 8, so that it is practicable to have a very still strong tongue 8 so that when the parts are once locked together they will be held against any relative movement such as would give rise to any rattle and are not liable to be jarred apart or swing back and forth with objectionable noise or irritating periodical rattle or banging, but may be so tightly locked together as to be very difficult to release by any attemptad pulling apart by hand etc., and yet may be released with the utmost ease by merely moving the clamping element as necessary to release the leaf E so as to permit it to be moved with relation to leaf D.

The opposed faces of the leaves D and E will each be provided with a slightly yielding layer of material G, preferably felt, as shown.

The legs 2 of the bail 2 and legs l2 of said clamping element, will preferably be equal in length throughout, as shown, and of such length as to cause the compression of the springs 5 when said legs extend at right angles to leaf D and straddle leaf E, and in any event are to be of such length that they will cooperate with their respective springs 5 so as to cause a substantially uniform pressing action throughout the area of the opposed faces of the layers G of the pressing leaves D and E.

To remove or insert a tie3 assuming the device to be mounted on a vertically en tending support such as a room or closet door, wall or the like, and that the pressing leaves are clamped together and, as so rel atively held, locked to the supporting leaf A, the clamping clement will be swung about the pivot pin T so as to free the swinging end ol' leal? IC, when the helical springs 5 in expanding will cause relative swinging opening movement between said leaves l) and l' also the pivotal movement of the clamping member will cause the cams 14e to pry the leal. l) away from leal A, so freeing leal D :trom the resilient locking tongue or catch t5, so that the leaves D and E may be swung to positions such as indicated in Fig ure l, or intermediate spaced positions such that ties may be easily slipped over the end ot leafI l) quickly and with the greatest ease, so that. as thus opened, the device permits the use of leaf D as a tie raclt on which ties may he hung or 'troni which a tie may be selected as desired.

'the device will preferably he normally closed to press the ties therein except when ties are being inserted therein or removed therefrom so that alter a tie is hung over leal D care should he used to sce that it is reasonably llat and straight before the press is clamped closed.

In the embodiment illustrated l have provided wire rods or racks I supported upon the upper and lower sides respectively ot' the leaf D as shown in Figures l, 2, Il and -l so as to support the ties out of contact with the edge ot' leal' D and facilitate their` han- (lling.

The ties will preferably be so arranged that the part which normallyv forms the .-lipl-:not will lie between the leaves D and E and will be pressed thereby when the :said leaves D and E are clamped together, and the other end portion of the ties will extend down freely in the space between the leaves D and A.

However, if it be desired to press tivo end portions of the same tie at the same time, this may be done by threading the tie through between the upper bar I and the upper edge of the leaf D and bringing both ends down between the pressing leaves D and E.

The leaves D and E will preferably be of sheet metal and preferably will have reinforcing edge ribs or flanges extending at right angles to, and away from, their op erative pressing faces respectively. and leaf A may be of Wood having its end portions metal shod, bound` or faced, as with sheet metal crimped on, or otherwise held thereto in any suitable manner: as illustrated. said metal facing or part carrying or providing the lugs B, the hinge lugs l, and the lockingr tongue or catch 8 respectively` though it is not important that said leaf A have any Wooden portion, nor is there any objection il t] lor) llifl lll] litt

to its being all of a single piece of sheet met-al with said suspending lugs, hinge lugs and locking tongue or catch stamped up therefrom.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

l. A tie pressl comprising a supporting member, a hanger and presser leaf pivotally mounted thereon,and a presser rear mounted to cooperate with said hanger and presser leaf and to nave movement with relation thereto, in combination with interengaging locking means carried by said supporting member and said hanger and presser leaf to lock the latter parallel to, and adjacent to, said .supporting member, and releasable movable means for holding said presser leaf and said presser leaf and holder in tight Contact,

said releasable means being formed with portions adapted to pry said hanger and presser leaf away from said supporting ele ment to disengage said locking means durino the movement of said movable means to relbase said presser leaf and said holder and presser leaf therefrom.

2. A tie press comprising a supporting member, a hanger and presser leaf pivotally mounted thereon, and a presser leaf mounted to co- 1 operate with said hanger and presser leaf and to have movement with relation thereto, in combination with interengaging locking means carried by said supporting member and said hanger and presser leaf to lock the 1 latter parallel to, and adjacent to, said supporting member, and clamping means carried by said hanger and presser leaf for clamping said presser leaf tightly to said hanger and presser leaf, said clamping means 4H being movable 'to release said presser leaf and being formed with a cam adapted toexert increasing pressure against said snpporting member to pry said hanger and presser vleaf therefrom to 'disengage said lockmg means during the movement of saidy presser leaf'therefrom. l 3. A tie press comprising a supporting leaf, a presser and hanger leaf having a clamping means necessary to release said guide on its face opposed to said supporting 5o leaf, and a presser leaf, in combination with a hinge-bail member having its legs straddling said presser leaf and pivotally connected thereto and straddling said presser and hanger leaf and having its bar extending across said hanger and presser leaf andV lying in the guide thereon, hinge members extending from said supporting leaf, means extending throughsaid hinge members and an intervening part of saidguide to pivotally connect said supporting leaf and said hanger and presser leaf, and resilient means interposed between the bar of said bail member and the opposed face of said hanger and presser leaf to draw the forwardly presented ends of the legs of said bail, and the presser leaf pivotally and hingedly carried thereon, toward the opposed face of said hanger and presser leaf, whereby the adjacent end portions of saidthree leaves 'will be hingedly connected and said resilient means will be compressed as said presser leaf is 

